Trump appoints 27-year-old Karoline Leavitt as White House press secretary

President-elect Donald Trump has announced that 27-year-old campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt will be his White House press secretary.
Leavitt "is smart, tough, and has proven to be an extremely effective communicator. I have the utmost confidence that she will excel at the podium and help deliver our message to the American people," Trump said in the statement.
Leavitt will become one of the youngest people to hold the key position, acting as the face of the White House and taking questions from the media, AFP reported.
She served as Trump's national press secretary during his campaign, and in July gave birth to her first child before the election, she told a Fox News podcast.
After serving as Trump's assistant press secretary during his first term, she ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Representatives from her home state of New Hampshire in 2022.
She also served as communications director for Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, whom Trump nominated to be a U.N. ambassador.
"I didn't grow up in a political family. I grew up like most Americans in a middle-class business family here in my home state of New Hampshire. I just got into politics at my college, St. Anselm College, in Manchester (New Hampshire)," she recounted. | BGNES